NIE Election Central 2012

The Post-Standard's NIE program offers several easy-to-use, free, teaching materials to help teachers incorporate the upcoming presidential election into their daily lessons. This is your election home base, so check back frequently as we will update things throughout the election season.

SPECIAL ELECTION SUBSCRIPTION: Sponsored eEdition Post-Standard’s for your classroom are available to help students follow the race to the White House and learn all about the election process. Subscriptions will include access to the password-protected eEdition website with each day’s Post-Standard from October 7 through November 9. You will also receive exclusive access to the 2012 student and teacher election guides (details below). To request this special subscription, please fill out this order form and email it to Vicki Krisak.

NIE MOCK ELECTION: Let students vote on Election Day, Nov. 6, in our region-wide mock election. Voting will take place online in your classroom. Teachers must register to participate by filling out this registration form. and emailing it to Taylor Clark. Results will be available as votes come in throughout the day and teachers will receive more detailed results the following morning.

TWO TEACHER/STUDENT GUIDES: These are available exclusively to eEdition subscribers and may be downloaded from the eEdition website beginning October 8.

Vote 2012: An Election Scrapbook may be downloaded from the Student Resources menu on the eEdition homepage beginning in October. This guide helps students collect and track what they learn about the candidates so they can make an informed decision on Election Day. It includes graphic organizers on several election related topics, all employing newspaper content.

Voting! Make Informed Choices, a 100-page teaching guide, is designed around graphic organizers about national, state and local elections. Lessons employ the newspaper and are appropriate for most grades.

ONLINE ELECTION RESOURCES: Compiled by a Post-Standard editor, this list of online election resources is not to be missed. Get the info on all of the candidates, how much they are spending on their campaigns and who is contributing. Find out where they stand on the issues and who you should vote for based on where you stand on the issues. Get a full calendar of campaign events, a map where the candidates are each day, and much more.

CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL & POSTER CONTEST: We invite students in grades one through 12 to create a campaign commercial or poster for a presidential candidate. Submit your entries via Syracuse.com by Oct. 12 and let readers vote on their favorites. Click here for more information.

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: After the election, we will invite students to write a letter to the new president. A selection of letters will be published in The Post-Standard and on Syracuse.com and all letters will be mailed to the White House.

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